{"date":"2018-01-12","slug":"/news/2018/01/12/after-european-parliament-auditors-conclude-that-he-used-a-parliamentary-assistant-for-ukip-party-matters-instead-of-for-work-related-to-the","sources":[{"permalink":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-european-parliament-docked-mep-salary-misspent-eu-funds-pension-a8156331.html","name":"The Independent","hash":"c6cc87a3fe00e564968ddac4bae8e270190c5723"}],"keywords":[{"index":2,"slug":"/wiki/European%20Parliament","name":"European Parliament"},{"name":"Member of the European Parliament","index":4,"slug":"/wiki/Member%20of%20the%20European%20Parliament"},{"index":5,"slug":"/wiki/Nigel%20Farage","name":"Nigel Farage"},{"name":"UK Independence Party","index":3,"slug":"/wiki/UK%20Independence%20Party"}],"related":[{"slug":"/news/2016/10/6/an-altercation-with-a-fellow-ukip-mep-inside-the-european-parliament-leaves-uk-independence-party-member-of-the-european-parliament-and-cu","date":"2016-10-6","keywords":["European Parliament","Member of the European Parliament","UK Independence Party"],"score":3,"text":"An altercation with a fellow UKIP MEP inside the European Parliament leaves UK Independence Party, Member of the European Parliament, and current UKIP party leadership favorite Steven Woolfe hospitalized. ","index":7,"hash":"be3499e6b347e4d1115b0ba93e5269d600b5cb03","changes":[]},{"slug":"/news/2016/10/23/suzanne-evans-former-uk-independence-party-ukip-deputy-chairman-and-paul-nuttall-president-of-the-initiative-for-direct-democracy-in-eu","date":"2016-10-23","keywords":["Member of the European Parliament","Nigel Farage","UK Independence Party"],"score":3,"index":6,"text":"Suzanne Evans, former UK Independence Party (UKIP) deputy chairman, and Paul Nuttall, President of the Initiative for Direct Democracy in Europe and Member of the European Parliament, each announce their candidacy for the UKIP leadership position, now held on interim basis by Nigel Farage. Other confirmed candidates are Bill Etheridge, Raheem Kassam, and Peter Whittle. ","hash":"6c18efd1e415968f50cb3e06394b7c6518a8dce3","changes":[]},{"changes":[],"hash":"1e9b415ce3701605360b104dd22c58826cfc2fa9","index":12,"text":"Nigel Farage resigns as leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) but says he and other MEPs-MPs of the party would continue to carry out their term in the European Parliament. ","score":3,"keywords":["European Parliament","Nigel Farage","UK Independence Party"],"date":"2016-07-4","slug":"/news/2016/07/4/nigel-farage-resigns-as-leader-of-the-uk-independence-party-ukip-but-says-he-and-other-meps-mps-of-the-party-would-continue-to-carry-out-t"},{"index":5,"text":"The European Parliament votes 447-196 to dismiss Ryszard Czarnecki (PiS) as one of its 14 vice-presidents, for calling fellow Polish parliamentarian Roza Thun (Civic Platform) a \"szmalcownik\" (meaning Nazi collaborator). It is the first time that the parliament invokes the powers of Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union to dismiss a senior office holder. 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","slug":"/news/2018/02/7/the-european-parliament-votes-447a196-to-dismiss-ryszard-czarnecki-pis-as-one-of-its-14-vice-presidents-for-calling-fellow-polish-parle"}],"slug":"/news/2018/02/7/the-european-parliament-votes-447a196-to-dismiss-ryszard-czarnecki-pis-as-one-of-its-14-vice-presidents-for-calling-fellow-polish-parli","date":"2018-02-7","keywords":["European Parliament","Member of the European Parliament"],"score":2},{"text":"Paul Nuttall wins an overall majority in a vote to become the UK Independence Party's (UKIP) leader, succeeding Nigel Farage. ","index":13,"changes":[],"hash":"a180867deaed572066088222d3a9b55331b51820","date":"2016-11-28","slug":"/news/2016/11/28/paul-nuttall-wins-an-overall-majority-in-a-vote-to-become-the-uk-independence-party-s-ukip-leader-succeeding-nigel-farage","score":2,"keywords":["Nigel Farage","UK Independence Party"]}],"index":7,"keywords_main":"European Parliament","text":"After European Parliament auditors conclude that he used a parliamentary assistant for UKIP party matters instead of for work related to the duties of a Member of the European Parliament, Nigel Farage will now pay back GBP35,500 (EUR40,000) through having half of his salary withheld. ","keywords_list":["European Parliament","Member of the European Parliament","Nigel Farage","UK Independence Party"],"changes":[],"hash":"8d4a5ec391b153bda57131d2ceac82836f05751e","subtext":"Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage is having half his MEPâs salary docked following a European Parliament investigation into the alleged misspending of EU funds. Mr Farage and seven other Ukip MEPs were last February accused of spending money meant to fund their offices on Ukip party matters â leading the Parliamentâs financial watchdog to launch an investigation.","image":"https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/01/11/17/front-farage.jpg"}